Ali Abdullah Ahmed also known as Salah Ahmed al-Salami (Arabic: علي عبدالله احمد) (January 12, 1970 – June 10, 2006) was a citizen of Yemen who died in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 693. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terror analysts estimate he was born in 1977, in Ib, Yemen.
Ali Abdullah Ahmed died in custody on June 10, 2006. His death is widely reported to have been a suicide.
His younger brother, Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, was also held in Guantanamo.
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